Eco-friendly optics: Spider silk's talents harnessed for use in biosensors, lasers, microchips
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 12:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Spiders use their silk to catch lunch. Now physicists are using it to catch light. New research shows that natural silk could be an eco-friendly alternative to more traditional ways of manipulating light, such as through glass or plastic fiber optic cables.